FE1 Exam Thread (Read 1st post!) NOTE: YOU MAY SWAP EXAM GRIDS

Lallers96 wrote: »

Give it a go, they're surely back in offices since yesterday and they do eventually answer. Just make sure to ring the right people.

01 881 5745 is Shirley's number and I found her very helpful before

Shirley left before Christmas ! She was lovely though.

EM95 wrote: »

Anyone know where I could find Property, Equity, Criminal or Tort manual. I have a company manual and company and contracts notes. Thanks

i have pdfs of criminal and tort from summer 2020 griffith college

Hi, does anyone have any tips/advice on tackling equity? Any topics that are definite or a good approach to take. I have notes and grid but just wondering how to get started because of the reputation it has!

At UCD Oonagh Breen who used to be the external examiner is notorius for being a very harsh marker, think that's why a lot of people are a bit iffy about sitting equity, myself included.

Corplawtrainee wrote: »

At UCD Oonagh Breen who used to be the external examiner is notorius for being a very harsh marker, think that's why a lot of people are a bit iffy about sitting equity, myself included.

Yep I had her . . I can confirm she’s really tough, in fact I think she made it harder lol

Thanks everyone for all your help! I'm going to spend time going through the papers and narrow down the topics! It's great to get some help from people who've passed it before.

Yes, the reputation is down to the ex examiner, she is known to be a tough marker and that the pass rate is significantly lower than any other FE1.

Has anyone got a recent enough Tort grid available ?

Are nutshells any use in terms of revision? Not for basing your sole study off of just in terms of breaking down important topics and seeing what is important

CoconutHeadMia wrote: »

Are nutshells any use in terms of revision? Not for basing your sole study off of just in terms of breaking down important topics and seeing what is important

I got the Contract one. Helped me get my head around some of those topics. Am using the Constitutional one now in conjunction with the manual and other notes and it is helping. Sometimes it helps to have something explained in a different way.

CoconutHeadMia wrote: »

Are nutshells any use in terms of revision? Not for basing your sole study off of just in terms of breaking down important topics and seeing what is important

I think Val Corbett wrote nutshell for Tort. I never used it, but I had Val as a lecturer for Tort with lawschool and he was very good.

Anyone still waiting on August refunds? Tried emailing them but got no reply

fe1fi20 wrote: »

does anyone have tips for approaching the criminal exam? last time i studied criminal law was 2014/15

Hey, I did it in the last sitting, so not an expert at all. But here are some tips that might help.

I'd recommend covering as much of the course as possible. Usually the criminal problem questions cover a number of different issues so you mainly just need surface knowledge. I'd cover Murder/ manslaughter in closer detail as this tends to be a more detailed question.

The main issues I covered, but each to their own:
Murder / manslaughter
Sexual offences
Theft / offences against the property
Non-fatal offences against the person
Inchoate offences: conspiracy, incitement attempt, joint enterprise (came up in November), perjury and contempt,
Criminal law defences: provocation (November essay question), intoxication, insanity, automatism, self-defence, duress, necessity and defence of consent
Practice and procedure: right to silence, presumption of innocence, arrest without warrant, bail, criminal cts.
Additional: Classification of offences, strict liability, mens rea/ actus reus

The examiner reports are great for Criminal. The examiner covers in detail what he is looking for. They are a good place to start and although the exact same question may not be asked similar scenarios are. Look at March 2020 sitting and the previous year, it is unlikely the main issues that came up in November will reappear in March.

Hope it is of some help. Also the Night Before Notes by City College are great and give you some recent case law which always helps.

Best of luck

Anybody else really struggling to get back into study without results from last time? Starting to panic a bit now barely a topic covered in each three I plan to sit

Does anyone have any Contract sample answers they would be willing to share?